This report presents the results of a study of ice-related flooding problems along the Delaware River in the vicinity of Port Jervis, New York. The objective of the study was to develop a technically feasible, institutionally ...

Four Idaho statutes address aspects of terrorism and emergency management the Terrorist Control Act, the Post-Attack Resource Management Act, the Emergency Relocation Act, and the Idaho Disaster Preparedness Act. The ...

The importance of resilience is contextualized within the sustainable long-term management of the built environment.The built environment is considered as a set of different capitals (natural, physical, economic, social ...

Mainstreaming is a feasible and viable option for scaling up initiatives on community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change. However, there is little evidence on how to get CBA mainstreaming feasible and to work ...

State governments are increasingly requiring state and local emergency management offices to maintain lists of persons with special needs who may require assistance in disaster situations. In addition, federal courts are ...

After a mass death incident, the response is initially informal but later becomes controlled by police and the human remains are worked on by police and forensic scientists. Normally, countries do this themselves though ...

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This study, the culmination of a two-year global gender-based violence initiative, is aimed at improving gender-based violence in refugee, internally displaced, and post-conflict settings. It identifies some of the major ...

This paper examines domestic violence reporting in a community in New Zealand struck by a snow storm. Previous theory and empirical studies are discussed to provide context for the study being presented. The results are ...

In post-Katrina New Orleans, local government officials have represented neighborhood recovery planning as a mechanism of shared governance, where all residents can participate as collective authors of the city's reconstruction ...

This research examines college students’ experience, risk perceptions, fear of and preparedness for disasters and differences in female and male views. We conducted focus groups with students about their experience, risk ...

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